George Grosz : the stick men /
"George Grosz created his last major series of paintings and Das kleine Grosz Museum, Berlin watercolours, the "Stick Men", beginning in the mid-1940s in reaction to the devastating news about the Holocaust and the other atrocities of the Second World War. The deployment of atomic bom...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
| Language Notes: | Parallel texts in English and German. |
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Köln :
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König,
[2023]
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| Series: | Kleine Grosz Museum (Cologne, Germany) ;
v. 3. |
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| Summary: | "George Grosz created his last major series of paintings and Das kleine Grosz Museum, Berlin watercolours, the "Stick Men", beginning in the mid-1940s in reaction to the devastating news about the Holocaust and the other atrocities of the Second World War. The deployment of atomic bombs at the end of the war, and the threat of a Third World War, further deepened his pessimistic vision of mankind's future. He presented his "Stickmen" as dehumanized, famished beings aimlessly wandering through a contaminated, post-apocalyptic world. The catalogue forcefully contradicting the widespread misconception that Grosz had become "soft" and apolitical during his American years. The contrary is true: his Stick Men series is the culmination of the political and artistic convictions of a lifetime of struggle - an artistic legacy that, given the current state of the world, could not be more timely and relevant." -- Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at Das kleine Grosz Museum, Berlin, May 25-October 30, 2023; and the Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, May 11-September 1, 2024. |
| Physical Description: | 146 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783753304403 3753304409 |